Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 10

8-March-2010

Jordan

Jordan Arrests Key Figures In Refinery Corruption Probe

Jordanian authorities on 4 March detained four prominent people on suspicion of corruption in the award of a $2.1bn modernization project at the Zarqa refinery, which is run by the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC). The 'Amman prosecutor ordered the arrest of 'Adil Qudah, a former finance minister and the refinerys management committee chairman, Ahmad Rifa'i, a former...